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The city’s Paint The Town project wrapped up for the year in its official capacity this weekend, with volunteers helping to paint downtown buildings on Friday and Saturday. “This is the last weekend that we had planned to move forward with so far,” said Kelcey Young, Sweet Home city manager. 25 businesses along Main and Long Street between 9th and 18th Avenue have been painted through the project, with the city’s ultimate goal being 40 buildings. Young said that Fitzpatrick Painting and Construction is going to keep painting for “the next little while.” “If we have enough volu...